Cherie, a maid from the Philippes accepts a job at a reception organized by a wealthy family. But at her arrival, she finds out that she has to take care of the dogs. She meets incongruously Milo, the young son of the family.

A fed up delivery worker chooses a split second act of rebellion - one that results in an awkward, spiraling dance between the classes of the 21st century.

In this film that combines documentary, fiction and essay, a man relates, in methodical voice-over, an alternative map of Manhattan based around acts of revolutionary violence that have taken place there. Very Gentle Work’s penchant for topography and archive is reminiscent of Sebald’s literature.

In order to cure a strange disease, Gurong follows her mother Dan Ping to her hometown inside the mountains for the first time. But Gurong's body has become more and more strange in the process of the ceremony, which beyond her expectation. At the same time, the surrounding environment, the attitude of her mother and so on, all these encounters make her begins to rethink the meaning of her life.